06/22/2024
Holding Space. Transparency. A Call to our Community.
Part 1.
First, let me share why this is my absolute favorite photo out of our entire 9 year adventure as Square Scullery. (Thanks, Shane 🥹) We have lived in Akron (namely Highland Square) for nearly 20 years now, give or take our move to Tennessee - Akron is our home. As diehard Akron kids (almost to a fault) we have always taken so much pride in our community & all of the beautiful people, neighbors & small businesses that it makes up... It's in Scullery's DNA, because it has always been at our own personal root & hearts. This is Porchrokr 2016 - our first season rolling out Betty, the food truck -aka Scullery's true beginning.
This will forever be such a special moment of "Scullery magic" because while of course it was very exciting to get to be a part of our favorite day of the year, we also got to set up in our own neighborhood, in our very own driveway... where we called home. It meant so incredibly much to be surrounded by not only all of our neighbors, but also the community that we so love and cherish. Community is everything.
That leads us to the present, a transparent call to action for our community. We need to be supported, lifted, and loved right now - honestly, now more than ever. Following an incredibly challenging & difficult handful of years & circumstances, we got word that insurance has denied our claim in full regarding the sewage pipe collapse / forced week+ closure, that we just experienced few short weeks ago. A situation that cost / lost us a combo of nearly $40,000 that we absolutely did not have to cover between all continued bills, full payroll, lost sales, extra pertaining expenses, all food / product loss & all stored items lost in the basement... The effects are extensive and happened at the most debilitating of times, having just opened & just only starting to balance out from it.
For legal reasons I can't disclose too much, but it's dirty... It's really really dirty. This should not be happening, which is the entire point of having "rock solid insurance".
As to not run out of space or water down words - Part 2 will be continued in the following post, which will be up shortly. Xo
